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Sunday, October 06, 2013

Roberto, Kelley goals spark BU to a 2-1 exhibition game win

With a pair of freshmen finding the back of
the net, BU edged St. Francis Xavier, 2-1, in an exhibition game at Agganis
Arena last night. Tommy Kelley scored the game-winner late in the third period
after Nick Roberto had opened the scoring with a first-period power play goal.

The 1-0 lead lasted just a minute and a half,
as SFX’s Rob Slaney, jammed home a power play rebound after sophomore Sean
Maguire had made the initial save. Maguire stopped eight shots in his 20
minutes in net. Senior Anthony Moccia, seeing his first-ever game action made
seven saves in the middles stanza, while sophomore Matt O’Connor stopped all 16
shots he faced in the final period.

Head Coach David Quinn said he was pleased with the
effort and physicality of his squad after just seven hours of official practice
time. He noted thestrong performance and skill shown by BU’s
nine freshmen, a penalty kill that
succeeded on six of seven opportunities and the way the Terriers rebounded well
from a sloppy first five minutes of the third period.

Roberto, who led the Terriers with seven
shots, earned first-star honors. Kelley was the second star and SFX goalie Drew
Owsley, who made 43 saves, was the third star.

Alex
Chiasson continues to wield a hot stick for the Dallas Stars, netting the
game-winner goal in a 2-1 win against Washington. The MVP of BU’s 2011-12 squad
now has eight goals in his nine NHL starts.

The Dallas Morning News reports:

Chiasson is the first player in the NHL to score
eight or more goals through his first nine games since the 1992-93
season (Rob Gaudreau – nine goals) and just the seventh player since the
start of the 1983-84 season, per Elias Sports Bureau. The only other active NHLer to score eight goals in his first nine games besides Chiasson is Teemu Selanne (ANA).

Former BU captain Nick
Bonino scored his first goal of the season in Anaheim’s 4-3 overtime win
against Minnesota

Looking
Ahead

2014
recruit J.J. Piccinich scored a
goal and added an assistin Youngstown’s 6-3
loss to Waterloo. The 6-0, 190 lb., right wing has six goals in six games
this season and his nine points are second best in the USHL scoring race.

2016 recruit Clayton Keller scored his fourth goal of the season as the Shattuck St. Mary's Prep team drubbed Team Southwest 7-1.